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A streetcar suburb is a residential community whose growth and development was strongly shaped by the use of streetcar lines as a primary means of transportation. Such suburbs developed in the United
Advertisement for a subdivision in Cincinnati, Ohio, touting the short walk to nearby rail stations
A Toronto streetcar on Queen Street East in 1923 serving streetcar suburbs such as Riverdale and The Beaches.
A Toronto streetcar in 2007 serving the same areas.
1920s tract houses in Mt Lebanon, on narrow lots backing onto the streetcar line
The Western Addition is a name describing an area of what is now central San Francisco. There are two distinct senses of the term. The first, and most widely used today, describes a neighborhood in th
Streetcar suburb
…suburbs, usually called additions or extensions at the time, were the forerunner of today's suburbs in the United States and Canada. San Francisco's Western Addition is one of the best examples of streetcar suburbs before westward and southward expansion occurred. Although most closely associated with the electric…
A southern view from Alta Plaza Park, which is in the Pacific Heights neighborhood. Most of the valley in the central part of this image is in the Western Addition neighborhood.